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"ref": "1955, Liverpool Science Fiction Society, advertisement hung by hotel bar",
"text": "Drink Blog!"
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"ref": "1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Witch”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 2013-07-21:",
"text": "\"Why, we've got the greatest defense of all, right here,\" said the Lion. \"We can all drink a little Blog, and hoaxes won't affect us. After all, Blog cures everything, from gafia to snake-bites.\"",
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"ref": "1981 November, Rich Brown, “Up Here in the Dream Nickle”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 7, page 9:",
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"ref": "1997 February 23, Don Fitch, “Fan Drinking (Was Re: The Death of the SF Bestseller?...)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <19970223083900.DAA05871@ladder02.news.aol.com>:",
"text": "That doesn't explain why I haven't seen anyone objectionably drunk at Minicons over the past five or six years. There's generally kegs of three or more different and excellent micro-brewery beers in the consuite, along with Blog (which is alcoholic by definition, when unmodified), and other alcoholic drinks are available at a dozen or more of the open room parties.",
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